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Novell picks up on Just enough operating system
Let’s start by taking care of the semantics where “Just enough operating system” is generally referred to as “JeOS” or “Juice”, for the really wired crowd.
Yes, JeOS is pronounced “Juice”, like in the juice you drink.
So what’s JeOS, anyway?
Glad you asked, it refers to a customized OS that precisely fits the needs of a particular application. Huh? Simply said, it’s the opposite of a bloated, one-size-fits-all operating system. It’s a base OS with (or without) specific pieces of it, like a MySQL engine, for instance.
JeOS is all about optimization, speed and lightweightedness.
In this age of information, data can explode and setting up lightweight server appliances can ease administration, lower the latency times (associated with queries) and reduce the risk with operating such an appliance.
If you only install the part of the OS that you need (for a specific server appliance), you’re likely to build up a the fastest possible server for a given task (for that level of computing power). So who’s picking up on the JeOS craze? It’s basically a Linux thing with Ubuntu leading the way, VMWare integrating it in its virtual machine matrix and for the very companies, Novell which is adding its weight to the JeOS scene.
In fact, Novell’s new SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 adds capability for policy-driven systems management and, on top of that, it’ll soon be certified to run on Amazon EC2 and as more coders are jumping in the cloud, daily, that’s clearly a smart move.
But that’s not all since, later this year, Novell plans to release tools that let a company (or developer) build a virtual appliance using only the parts of SUSE Linux needed to run an application, stripping out the rest to create that contextually ideal lightweight package.
Of course, Novell hopes the JeOS moniker sticks and more companies adopt this “building block approach” to operating systems management.
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